Enchanted Europe: Superstition, Reason, and Religion, 1250-1750

by Euan Cameron and Euan Cameron

Book Overview

Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these techniques were called "superstitious" by educated elites.

For centuries religious believers used "superstition" as a term of abuse to denounce another religion that they thought inferior, or to criticize their fellow-believers for practising their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199605114
• ISBN13: 9780199605118
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"